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by traceyk
July 7th, 2008, 12:47 pm
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: THE JOY LUCK CLUB
Replies: 3
Views: 1850

Ann--
I have this one on the DVR. Just waiting for a chance to play it...(ie, both kids and husband out of the house, no work to do. Sigh)
by traceyk
July 7th, 2008, 11:49 am
Forum: Polls
Topic: Choose the Worst Movie: No Conclusion, Just Opinions!
Replies: 85
Views: 89189

Faster Pussycat! Kill, Kill! Attack of the Crab People Day of the Triffids The last fourth or so of Tarzan the Ape Man --200 blood-thirsty midgets in black face and a really bad gorilla suit Born to be Bad Magnificent Obsession --I know a lot of people love this movie, but it makes no sense (the pl...
by traceyk
June 16th, 2008, 10:02 pm
Forum: General TV and Media
Topic: What is your Favorite Sitcom of All-Time?
Replies: 97
Views: 39806

Most of the remarks about comedy vs. drama are on the mark about how to keep audiences coming back. One of the few shows I watch on a regular basis is NCIS - it stays with the mystery theme most of the time, but occasionally breaks off to do a personal back story show on one of the characters - >>>...
by traceyk
June 16th, 2008, 9:53 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: heaven is.......
Replies: 13
Views: 4396

Shoot, my unsentimental kids have already told me they're selling all my stuff as soon as I'm gone...I'm thinking of cutting them both out of the will. LOL
by traceyk
June 16th, 2008, 9:50 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: touch of evil
Replies: 8
Views: 3492

Yeah, Dietrich was about 13 years older, but you're right--you don't notice., their chemistry is so good. Kind of like Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole in The Lion in Winter . I've read reviews which criticize Hepburn's age, but in real life, Eleanor of Acquitaine was much older than Henry. And i...
by traceyk
June 16th, 2008, 9:43 pm
Forum: Sci-fi and Horror
Topic: What makes a horror film scary for you?
Replies: 19
Views: 8449

Probably one of the scariest movies at least for me at the time was the original When a Stranger Calls. Teenage girl, alone in the house, responsible for two kids and some creepy guy keeps calling. SPOILER After a while, everytime the phone rings, you jump. The girl finally calls the police and they...
by traceyk
June 16th, 2008, 8:56 pm
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Asian Images in Film
Replies: 37
Views: 13399

Steve, I think one reason was because of the miscegenation rules in effect at the time. Many states had laws forbidding marriage between any different races, so when the Production Code was drawn up, that became a part of it. Since, as someone said, they needed a "name" actor in at least o...
by traceyk
June 9th, 2008, 12:33 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: touch of evil
Replies: 8
Views: 3492

I have only seen the restored version of this movie. Was I the only one who got restless whenever Janet Leigh was onscreen? I thought the honeymoon plotline was so uneccesary, though it did make for some truly creepy scenes (Dennis Weaver's voyeuristic, hooped-up desk clerk, Mercedes McCambridge as ...
by traceyk
June 9th, 2008, 12:22 pm
Forum: Comedies
Topic: Which Comedian is like Fingers on a Chalkboard for you?
Replies: 91
Views: 28418

Jerry Lewis and the Three Stooges. I just don't get them.
by traceyk
June 9th, 2008, 12:22 pm
Forum: Comedies
Topic: Any Interest in Animated Cartoons?
Replies: 50
Views: 54483

Also, I used to watch Niceklodeon cartoons with my kids, especially "Rugrats" and the WB's "Tiny Toon Adventures" which are full of references to classic movies. The Godfather , Cool Hand Luke , Fantastic Voyage , What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? , The Maltese Falcon , Ransom of ...
by traceyk
June 9th, 2008, 11:59 am
Forum: Comedies
Topic: Any Interest in Animated Cartoons?
Replies: 50
Views: 54483

My name is Tracey and I am a Cartoonaholic... No really. I love cartoons. I can still get bent out of shape over Hanna Barberra allowing that blasted Scrappy Doo to take over the Scooby Do series. Ny favorites are probably classic Looney Toons. I remember watching them every Saturday morning with my...
by traceyk
June 9th, 2008, 11:12 am
Forum: Silents & PreCodes
Topic: WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
Replies: 3714
Views: 1050843

Professional Sweetheart was cute. I always like Ginger Rogers in her early movies. Question-- I watched a film not long ago, from TCM, I thought it starred Ginger Rogers. Anyway, it was these two young people who fall in love, but before they can marry, a rich girl butts in and marries the man out ...
by traceyk
June 9th, 2008, 10:46 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Asian Images in Film
Replies: 37
Views: 13399

Toll of the Sea was beautiful and Anna May Wong was amazing for as young as she was. That child was adorable--cuter than Dickie Moore. I liked her in Old San Francisco too. I was kind of bored by Dolores Costello--all she did was look alternately horrified and flirtacious--and fwd to the Chinatown ...
by traceyk
June 9th, 2008, 10:31 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Just for Fun
Replies: 5
Views: 2747

Glad you all like them. I have , um, lots of these cards. It's kind of an obsession. But I love sharing them with people who appreciate them.
by traceyk
May 31st, 2008, 5:17 pm
Forum: General TV and Media
Topic: Made for TV Movies You should see
Replies: 38
Views: 11949

Oh, ok. I thought the Player company got it wrong.